Hair curling device



Jan. 18, 1938. A. GOODMAN 2,105,729

HAIR CURLING DEVICE Filed July 1, 1936 ATTO R N EY Patented Jan. 18, 1938 PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLING DEVICE Abraham Goodman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Delamere Company, Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application July 1, 1936, Serial No. 88,281

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a hair curling device, and more particularly to a curler of the type comprising a form or mandrel around which the hair is Wound and a pivoted wire loop embracing 5 the hair wound thereon to hold the device temporarily in the hair until the curl has been formed.

The wire loops of such curlers generally have a certain amount of lateral play and in fastening the loop in its closed position over the end of the form, the loop has a tendency to stretch or become somewhat deformed so that it will not engage the end of the curler with proper tension.

One of the objects of my invention is to over- 15 come these objections by the provision of a curler having a wire loop provided with a roller for engagement in the open end of the form, which roller is self-centering with respect to said end of the form.

20 A further object is to provide the loop of the curler with latching means that may be easily engaged in, or disengaged from, the open end of the form, and is adapted to hold the loop with the proper tension.

25 Another object is to provide latching means that do not completely close the open end of the form so as to leave spaces for circulation of air to assist in drying the hair on the curler.

With these and other objects in view, the in- 30 vention consists in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a hair curler 35 showing the wire loop in its closed position;

Fig. 2 is a front end view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 4; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 40 44 of Fig. 3.

The drawing illustrates a curler of conventional type having a tubular form or mandrel Ill around which the hair may be wound. The curler may be provided with the usual semitubular clamping finger or jaw H for clamping the hair ends on the form prior to winding. Both of these parts may be of any suitable shape, size and material, and they may be perforated if desired.

50 A conventional wire loop I2 is pivotally connected to the curler at l3. When the hair is wound on the curler, this loop is swung into its closed position, shown in Figure 1, to embrace the hair and to hold the curler temporarily in 55 place. The forward end or bight M of the loop is constricted at l5 so that its spread in that region is just slightly greater than the diameter of the forward end of the tube [0. It is to be understood that the tube l0 does not have to be cylindrical but may be slightly tapered in form 5 to facilitate extraction from the hair when the curl has been set.

A cylindrical roller I6 is mounted on the bight 14 of the loop. The edges I! of this roller are beveled or chamfered as best seen in Fig. 3. The roller is preferably made of a relatively noncompressible, rigid, substance such as cellulose acetate composition, hard rubber, metal, or the like, although it may be made of other material. The roller has a hole l8 extending axially there- 15 through in which the bight of the loop is inserted. Both ends of the hole l8 may be countersunk as at I9, to form funnel-shaped openings which facilitate the insertion and passage of the wire loop through the roller. 2

The diameter of the cylindrical roller I6 is less than the diameter of the outer end of the bore of the tube Ill so that when the roller is in its engaged or closed position, open spaces are left above and below the roller, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, for circulation of air to expedite the drying of the hair wound on the curler. The overall length of the roller from end to end is greater than the diameter of the bore of the tube but the length between the bevels is less than said diameter so that when the roller is seated in the opening in the end of the tube, the walls of the end of the tube will contact with the bevels l'll'l and thus automatically center the roller in said opening. The bevels I! may be somewhat rounded if desired.

In closing the loop 1 l, the roller l6 passes over the edge of the end of the tube H3 and snaps into engagement with the opening thereof. The form and resiliency of the loop is such as to hold the 40 roller It in the end of the tube with sufiicient tension to prevent it from being accidently unlatched but not so tightly as to prevent the loop from being easily unlatched when it is desired to remove the ,curler from the hair.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a hair curling device, a curler comprising a tubular form having an open outer end, a wire loop pivotally connected to the form, a rigid cylindrical roller mounted on the bight of the loop, said roller being adapted to engage the opening in the end of the form and having beveled ends that contact with the wall of the end of the mounted on the bight of the loop, said roller being adapted to engage the opening in the end of the form and having beveled ends that contact with the wall of the end of the form, when the loop is swung into latched position, to self-center the 5 roller in the opening.

ABRAHAM GOODMAN. 

